英美语文[1]lecture01.pptVIP

1. What is Literature Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal. Literature shows us not only what a society is like in a certain age, but also what individual feel about it, what they hope from it, and how they can change it or escape from it. 2. Why we read Literature It is just a course to get scores To make us more civilized, qualified and knowledgeable To amuse ourselves and others For further study 1.Postgraduate of English and American literature in FL institute 2. Postgraduate of literature of foreign countries in Chinese department research more Ancient Literature Compared to the long history of Europe, GB has a relatively short one. The two origins of European culture: “二希”（希腊、希伯来）, they are interactive as well as contradictory in the long history 1. Greco-Roman Element 2. Judeo-Christian Element The idea of Humanism and almost all the artistic spirits of the modern literature in Europe originate from them. A. Greek and Roman Origin “Man” or “human” is the core and object of Greek and Roman culture To emphasize that “man”, opposite to “nature” and “society”, is powerful and wise though often submissive to “fate”, ancient Greek literature sang highly to individualism and affirm the secular life and the value of individual life A. Greek and Roman Origin Artistic Styles: Greek and Roman literature is the source of almost all types of literature 1. Myths: Greek and Roman Mythology. They reflected the life in the matriarchal and patriarchal society. 2.Epics Homer’s epics Iliad (the story of the 10-year Trojan war) and Odyssey (the adventure of the hero Odyssey’s returning home and the reunion with his faithful wife) 3. Fables: Aesop’s Fables (The Fox and Grapes; The Farmer and the Snake; The Tortoise and the Hare) A. Greek and Roman Origin 4. Drama: It originated from the celebrations of Dionysus the god of wine. Tragedy: base